Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club

1999 · 1 hr 45 min · G

Documentary, Music

Directors

Wim Wenders

Actors

  • Compay Segundo
  • Ibrahim Ferrer
  • Rubén González

Credits: 1

Summary

Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in trium...

More about this movie

A group of legendary Cuban musicians, some as old as their nineties, were brought together by Ry Cooder to record a CD. In this film, we see and hear some of the songs being recorded in Havana. There is also footage from concerts in Amsterdam and New York City's Carnegie Hall. In addition, many of the individual musicians talk about their lives in Cuba and about how they got started in music.